Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible (2025)

8.3/10 • 88 min • Music Documentary History

Overview

Best known for their megahit ’80s anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)”—made famous in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club—Simple Minds is one of the most iconic and influential Scottish bands in history. From working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow to rock stars playing Live Aid, this is the unlikely story of an extraordinary band that continues touring to this day.

Cast

Jim Kerr

Charlie Burchill

Molly Ringwald

Bob Geldof

James Dean Bradfield

Jimmy Iovine

Dave Gahan

Bobby Gillespie

Irvine Welsh

Self

Mariella Frostrup

Richard Branson

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